Source of the Trait

Author: nunomazer

composer.json

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+{
+    "name": "torzer/laravel-datetime-mutator",
+    "description": "Laravel traits mutators to help Date Time manipulation on Eloquent Models",
+    "type": "package",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "torzer",
+            "email": "torzer@torzer.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Ademir Mazer Junior",
+            "email": "mazer@torzer.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Oseas Tormen",
+            "email": "tormen@torzer.com"
+        }
+    ],
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Torzer\\Common\\": "src/"
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Traits/MapDateTimeMutator.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace Torzer\Common\Traits;
+
+/**
+ * Inject a function to automagically set mutators for date format, specially in
+ * d/m/Y format.
+ */
+trait MapDateTimeMutator
+{
+
+
+    /**
+     * Convert a DateTime to a storable string, creating from the customized
+     * dateFormatMutator.
+     *
+     * @param  \DateTime|int  $value
+     * @param array $formats Array with from and to keys to map the formats
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function fromDateTimeFormatMutator($value, $formats)
+    {
+        $originalDateFormat = $this->getDateFormat();
+
+        $this->setDateFormat($formats['from']);
+
+        $value = $this->asDateTime($value);
+
+        $this->setDateFormat($originalDateFormat);
+
+        return $value->format($formats['to']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Overrides setAttribute from Eloquent to set format date based on-
+     * dateFormatMutator array
+     *
+     * @param string $key
+     * @param mixed $value
+     */
+    public function setAttribute($key, $value)
+    {
+        $mapDateTimeMutator = isset($this->mapDateTimeMutator) ? $this->mapDateTimeMutator : [];
+
+        if (array_key_exists($key, $mapDateTimeMutator)) {
+            if ($value && (in_array($key, $this->getDates()) || $this->isDateCastable($key))) {
+                $value = $this->fromDateTimeFormatMutator($value, $mapDateTimeMutator[$key]);
+            }
+
+            $this->attributes[$key] = $value;
+
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        return parent::setAttribute($key, $value);
+    }
+
+}